Flowering Plants in West Africa

Flowering Plants in West Africa PDF

Author: Margaret Steentoft

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1988-06-09

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 0521261929

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A study of the flowering plant flora of West Africa south of the Sahara with the emphasis upon species of ecological or economic importance.

The flowering plants of Africa

The flowering plants of Africa PDF

Author: Franz Thonner

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2023-07-10

Total Pages: 1023

ISBN-13:

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"The flowering plants of Africa" by Franz Thonner. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Medicinal Plants in Tropical West Africa

Medicinal Plants in Tropical West Africa PDF

Author: Bep Oliver-Bever

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1986-01-23

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 9780521268158

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First published in 1986, this book describes the most important medicinal plants in tropical West Africa and similar humid tropical climates. After a short introduction about early traditional medicine, the bulk of the book gives an account of locally occurring plants, grouped by their medicinal actions. Plants that affect the cardiovascular and nervous systems are discussed, as are those with antibiotic, insecticidal and molluscicidal properties. Those which affect the hormonal systems of humans are catalogued and so are others that act as adrenal-cortex, sex and thyroid hormones. There is a full botanical index, which includes the commonly found synonyms for many of the plants and the work is illustrated by the author's own water colours. It may be of particular interest and use to pharmacists, biochemists, botanists and pharmacologists and of great value to those who exploit locally available resources in treating diseases in tropical areas.

Woody Plants of Western African Forests

Woody Plants of Western African Forests PDF

Author: William Hawthorne

Publisher: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 1046

ISBN-13:

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A guide to the identification of all the woody plants (c. 2,250 species in 740 genera) of the forest region of West Africa called 'Upper Guinea', between Togo and Senegal. Upper Guinea is one of the world's most important centres of biodiversity, from the mountain forests of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, to the lowland evergreen, and semideciduous forests widespread also in Ghana and Ivory Coast. This comprehensively illustrated guide will play a vital supportive role in the challenge of sustainable development within the forest region of West Africa, helping to promote best practice in the management of its plants and forests.

The Flowering Plants of Africa

The Flowering Plants of Africa PDF

Author: Franz Thonner

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-10-19

Total Pages: 820

ISBN-13: 9781334008801

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Excerpt from The Flowering Plants of Africa: An Analytical Key to the Genera of African Phanerogams As the present work is intended for the use not only of botanists, but also of colonists and travellers in Africa, who take an interest in botany, I have used, wherever it was possible, as distinctive characters, those which are visible to the naked eye in a plant in ower, being careful, however, not to deviate too much from the natural system. Besides the diagnostic characters of the genera, I have also indicated the approximative number of the species described to the end of the year 1910, their geographical distribution, their uses, and their more important synonyms. As to the terms used in indicating the geographical distribution of African plants, North Africa (including North-west and North-east Africa) means all northern extratropical Africa, South Africa (including South west and South-east Africa) southern extratropical Africa, tropical Africa Africa within the tropics, including all islands, whereas the continent of Africa within the tropics including only the small islands in the proximity of the coast. Is designated by Central Africa. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."